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Guttman C, Davidov G, Yahalom A, Shaked H, Kolusheva S, Bitton R, Barber-Zucker S, Chill JH, Zarivach R. BtcA, A class IA type III chaperone, interacts with the BteA N-terminal domain through a globular/non-globular mechanism. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81557. [PMID: 24312558 PMCID: PMC3846842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Bordetella pertussis, the etiological agent of "whooping cough" disease, utilizes the type III secretion system (T3SS) to deliver a 69 kDa cytotoxic effector protein, BteA, directly into the host cells. As with other T3SS effectors, prior to its secretion BteA binds BtcA, a 13.9 kDa protein predicted to act as a T3SS class IA chaperone. While this interaction had been characterized for such effector-chaperone pairs in other pathogens, it has yet to be fully investigated in Bordetella. Here we provide the first biochemical proof that BtcA is indeed a class IA chaperone, responsible for the binding of BteA's N-terminal domain. We bring forth extensive evidence that BtcA binds its substrate effector through a dual-interface binding mechanism comprising of non-globular and bi-globular interactions at a moderate micromolar level binding affinity. We demonstrate that the non-globular interactions involve the first 31 N-terminal residues of BteA287 and their removal leads to destabilization of the effector-chaperone complex and lower binding affinities to BtcA. These findings represent an important first step towards a molecular understanding of BteA secretion and cell entry.
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- Chen Guttman
- Departments of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Departments of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Departments of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Departments of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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Roblin P, Lebrun P, Rucktooa P, Dewitte F, Lens Z, Receveur-Brechot V, Raussens V, Villeret V, Bompard C. The structural organization of the N-terminus domain of SopB, a virulence factor of Salmonella, depends on the nature of its protein partners. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:2564-72. [PMID: 24075929 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The TTSS is used by Salmonella and many bacterial pathogens to inject virulence factors directly into the cytoplasm of target eukaryotic cells. Once translocated these so-called effector proteins hijack a vast array of crucial cellular functions to the benefit of the bacteria. In the bacterial cytoplasm, some effectors are stabilized and maintained in a secretion competent state by interaction with specific type III chaperones. In this work we studied the conformation of the Chaperone Binding Domain of the effector named Salmonella Outer protein B (SopB) alone and in complex with its cognate chaperone SigE by a combination of biochemical, biophysical and structural approaches. Our results show that the N-terminus part of SopB is mainly composed by α-helices and unfolded regions whose organization/stabilization depends on their interaction with the different partners. This suggests that the partially unfolded state of this N-terminal region, which confers the adaptability of the effector to bind very different partners during the infection cycle, allows the bacteria to modulate numerous host cells functions limiting the number of translocated effectors.
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- Pierre Roblin
- INRA Biopolymères, Interactions et Assemblages, Rue de la Geraudière, 44316 Nantes, France; Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin, BP 48, 91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France.
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Barison N, Gupta R, Kolbe M. A sophisticated multi-step secretion mechanism: how the type 3 secretion system is regulated. Cell Microbiol 2013; 15:1809-17. [PMID: 23927570 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Many Gram-negative pathogens utilize type 3 secretion systems (T3SSs) for a successful infection. The T3SS is a large macromolecular complex which spans both bacterial membranes and delivers effector proteins into the host cell. The infection requires spatiotemporal control of diverse sets of secreted effectors and various mechanisms have evolved to regulate T3SS in response to external stimuli. This review will describe mechanisms that may control type 3 secretion, revealing a multi-step regulatory strategy. We then propose an updated model of T3SS that illustrates different stages of secretion and integrates the most recent structural and functional data.
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- Nicola Barison
- Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Cellular Microbiology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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Zhao LJ, Lu JF, Nie P, Li AH, Xiong BX, Xie HX. Roles of plasmid-encoded proteins, EseH, EseI and EscD in invasion, replication and virulence of Edwardsiella ictaluri. Vet Microbiol 2013; 166:233-41. [PMID: 23850444 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2013] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Native plasmids pEI1 and pEI2 were detected in Edwardsiella ictaluri HSN-1 isolated from diseased yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco). EseH encoded by pEI1 and other two proteins, EseI and EscD, encoded by pEI2, were found with homology to type III secretion system (T3SS) proteins. To investigate their roles in pathogenesis, the native plasmids were cured based on plasmid incompatibility by introducing a Kan positive and SacB negative selection marker into gene spacer of the native plasmids. Mutants with the deletion of the target genes were obtained by reverse PCR and self-ligation, and all mutants were examined for their virulence effect in yellow catfish. Compared with the HSN-1 strain, the two mutants ΔeseH and ΔeseI were attenuated, while mutant ΔescD had increased virulence with higher Competitive Index (CI) value. The adherence and invasion assays on fish EPC cells indicated that ΔeseH and ΔeseI had decreased ability in adherence. Using E. tarda as surrogate, EseH and EseI were detected in culture supernatants, but EscD was not, with the secretion of EseH depending on T3SS. In addition, EseH and EseI were found translocated into host cells, and by means of subcellular fractionation, EseH was localized in membrane fraction of ZF4 cells, and EseI in the cytosol fraction. Hence, the role of these three genes in adherence, invasion and cellular replication was revealed from the pathogenic bacterium E. ictaluri.
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- Li Juan Zhao
- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, China
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Chen L, Ai X, Portaliou AG, Minetti CASA, Remeta DP, Economou A, Kalodimos CG. Substrate-activated conformational switch on chaperones encodes a targeting signal in type III secretion. Cell Rep 2013; 3:709-15. [PMID: 23523349 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2012] [Revised: 01/27/2013] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The targeting of type III secretion (TTS) proteins at the injectisome is an important process in bacterial virulence. Nevertheless, how the injectisome specifically recognizes TTS substrates among all bacterial proteins is unknown. A TTS peripheral membrane ATPase protein located at the base of the injectisome has been implicated in the targeting process. We have investigated the targeting of the EspA filament protein and its cognate chaperone, CesAB, to the EscN ATPase of the enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). We show that EscN selectively engages the EspA-loaded CesAB but not the unliganded CesAB. Structure analysis revealed that the targeting signal is encoded in a disorder-order structural transition in CesAB that is elicited only upon the binding of its physiological substrate, EspA. Abrogation of the interaction between the CesAB-EspA complex and EscN resulted in severe secretion and infection defects. Additionally, we show that the targeting and secretion signals are distinct and that the two processes are likely regulated by different mechanisms.
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- Li Chen
- Center of Integrative Proteomics Research and Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Vujanac M, Stebbins CE. Context-dependent protein folding of a virulence peptide in the bacterial and host environments: structure of an SycH-YopH chaperone-effector complex. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D: BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2013; 69:546-54. [PMID: 23519663 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444912051086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Yersinia pestis injects numerous bacterial proteins into host cells through an organic nanomachine called the type 3 secretion system. One such substrate is the tyrosine phosphatase YopH, which requires an interaction with a cognate chaperone in order to be effectively injected. Here, the first crystal structure of a SycH-YopH complex is reported, determined to 1.9 Å resolution. The structure reveals the presence of (i) a nonglobular polypeptide in YopH, (ii) a so-called β-motif in YopH and (iii) a conserved hydrophobic patch in SycH that recognizes the β-motif. Biochemical studies establish that the β-motif is critical to the stability of this complex. Finally, since previous work has shown that the N-terminal portion of YopH adopts a globular fold that is functional in the host cell, aspects of how this polypeptide adopts radically different folds in the host and in the bacterial environments are analysed.
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- Milos Vujanac
- Laboratory of Structural Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Identification of novel type III secretion chaperone-substrate complexes of Chlamydia trachomatis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56292. [PMID: 23431368 PMCID: PMC3576375 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen of humans that uses a type III secretion (T3S) system to manipulate host cells through the delivery of effector proteins into their cytosol and membranes. The function of T3S systems depends on small bacterial cytosolic chaperone-like proteins, which bind T3S substrates and ensure their appropriate secretion. To find novel T3S chaperone-substrate complexes of C. trachomatis we first searched its genome for genes encoding proteins with features of T3S chaperones. We then systematically tested for interactions between candidate chaperones and chlamydial T3S substrates by bacterial two-hybrid. This revealed interactions between Slc1 (a known T3S chaperone) or CT584 and several T3S substrates. Co-immunoprecipation after protein expression in Yersinia enterocolitica and protein overlay binding assays indicated that Slc1 interacted with the N-terminal region of the known T3S substrates Tarp (a previously described substrate of Slc1), CT694, and CT695, and that CT584 interacted with a central region of CT082, which we identified as a C. trachomatis T3S substrate using Y. enterocolitica as a heterologous system. Further T3S assays in Yersinia indicated that Slc1 or CT584 increased the amount of secreted Tarp, CT694, and CT695, or CT082, respectively. Expression of CT584 increased the intra-bacterial stability of CT082, while Slc1 did not affect the stability of its substrates. Overall, this indicated that in C. trachomatis Slc1 is a chaperone of multiple T3S substrates and that CT584 is a chaperone of the newly identified T3S substrate CT082.
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Norais C, Servant P, Bouthier-de-la-Tour C, Coureux PD, Ithurbide S, Vannier F, Guerin PP, Dulberger CL, Satyshur KA, Keck JL, Armengaud J, Cox MM, Sommer S. The Deinococcus radiodurans DR1245 protein, a DdrB partner homologous to YbjN proteins and reminiscent of type III secretion system chaperones. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56558. [PMID: 23441204 PMCID: PMC3575483 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans exhibits an extreme resistance to ionizing radiation. A small subset of Deinococcus genus-specific genes were shown to be up-regulated upon exposure to ionizing radiation and to play a role in genome reconstitution. These genes include an SSB-like protein called DdrB. Here, we identified a novel protein encoded by the dr1245 gene as an interacting partner of DdrB. A strain devoid of the DR1245 protein is impaired in growth, exhibiting a generation time approximately threefold that of the wild type strain while radioresistance is not affected. We determined the three-dimensional structure of DR1245, revealing a relationship with type III secretion system chaperones and YbjN family proteins. Thus, DR1245 may display some chaperone activity towards DdrB and possibly other substrates.
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- Cédric Norais
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Ecole polytechnique, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Palaiseau, France
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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- Ecole polytechnique, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Palaiseau, France
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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- Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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Guttman C, Davidov G, Shaked H, Kolusheva S, Bitton R, Ganguly A, Miller JF, Chill JH, Zarivach R. Characterization of the N-terminal domain of BteA: a Bordetella type III secreted cytotoxic effector. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55650. [PMID: 23383256 PMCID: PMC3559503 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BteA, a 69-kDa cytotoxic protein, is a type III secretion system (T3SS) effector in the classical Bordetella, the etiological agents of pertussis and related mammalian respiratory diseases. Currently there is limited information regarding the structure of BteA or its subdomains, and no insight as to the identity of its eukaryotic partners(s) and their modes of interaction with BteA. The mechanisms that lead to BteA dependent cell death also remain elusive. The N-terminal domain of BteA is multifunctional, acting as a docking platform for its cognate chaperone (BtcA) in the bacterium, and targeting the protein to lipid raft microdomains within the eukaryotic host cell. In this study we describe the biochemical and biophysical characteristics of this domain (BteA287) and determine its architecture. We characterize BteA287 as being a soluble and highly stable domain which is rich in alpha helical content. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments combined with size exclusion and analytical ultracentrifugation measurements confirm these observations and reveal BteA287 to be monomeric in nature with a tendency to oligomerize at concentrations above 200 µM. Furthermore, diffusion-NMR demonstrated that the first 31 residues of BteA287 are responsible for the apparent aggregation behavior of BteA287. Light scattering analyses and small angle X-ray scattering experiments reveal a prolate ellipsoidal bi-pyramidal dumb-bell shape. Thus, our biophysical characterization is a first step towards structure determination of the BteA N-terminal domain.
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- Chen Guttman
- Departments of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
- National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Departments of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
- National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
- * E-mail: (JHC); (RZ)
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- Departments of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
- National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
- * E-mail: (JHC); (RZ)
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Gagic D, Wen W, Collett MA, Rakonjac J. Unique secreted-surface protein complex of Lactobacillus rhamnosus, identified by phage display. Microbiologyopen 2012; 2:1-17. [PMID: 23233310 PMCID: PMC3584209 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Proteins are the most diverse structures on bacterial surfaces; hence, they are candidates for species- and strain-specific interactions of bacteria with the host, environment, and other microorganisms. Genomics has decoded thousands of bacterial surface and secreted proteins, yet the function of most cannot be predicted because of the enormous variability and a lack of experimental data that would allow deduction of function through homology. Here, we used phage display to identify a pair of interacting extracellular proteins in the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001. A secreted protein, SpcA, containing two bacterial immunoglobulin-like domains type 3 (Big-3) and a domain distantly related to plant pathogen response domain 1 (PR-1-like) was identified by screening of an L. rhamnosus HN001 library using HN001 cells as bait. The SpcA-"docking" protein, SpcB, was in turn detected by another phage display library screening, using purified SpcA as bait. SpcB is a 3275-residue cell-surface protein that contains general features of large glycosylated Serine-rich adhesins/fibrils from gram-positive bacteria, including the hallmark signal sequence motif KxYKxGKxW. Both proteins are encoded by genes within a L. rhamnosus-unique gene cluster that distinguishes this species from other lactobacilli. To our knowledge, this is the first example of a secreted-docking protein pair identified in lactobacilli.
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- Dragana Gagic
- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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Structure of the HopA1(21-102)-ShcA chaperone-effector complex of Pseudomonas syringae reveals conservation of a virulence factor binding motif from animal to plant pathogens. J Bacteriol 2012. [PMID: 23204470 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01621-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas syringae injects numerous bacterial proteins into host plant cells through a type 3 secretion system (T3SS). One of the first such bacterial effectors discovered, HopA1, is a protein that has unknown functions in the host cell but possesses close homologs that trigger the plant hypersensitive response in resistant strains. Like the virulence factors in many bacterial pathogens of animals, HopA1 depends upon a cognate chaperone in order to be effectively translocated by the P. syringae T3SS. Herein, we report the crystal structure of a complex of HopA1(21-102) with its chaperone, ShcA, determined to 1.56-Å resolution. The structure reveals that three key features of the chaperone-effector interactions found in animal pathogens are preserved in the Gram-negative pathogens of plants, namely, (i) the interaction of the chaperone with a nonglobular polypeptide of the effector, (ii) an interaction centered on the so-called β-motif, and (iii) the presence of a conserved hydrophobic patch in the chaperone that recognizes the β-motif. Structure-based mutagenesis and biochemical studies have established that the β-motif is critical for the stability of this complex. Overall, these results show that the β-motif interactions are broadly conserved in bacterial pathogens utilizing T3SSs, spanning an interkingdom host range.
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Structure of the type III secretion effector protein ExoU in complex with its chaperone SpcU. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49388. [PMID: 23166655 PMCID: PMC3498133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Disease causing bacteria often manipulate host cells in a way that facilitates the infectious process. Many pathogenic gram-negative bacteria accomplish this by using type III secretion systems. In these complex secretion pathways, bacterial chaperones direct effector proteins to a needle-like secretion apparatus, which then delivers the effector protein into the host cell cytosol. The effector protein ExoU and its chaperone SpcU are components of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system. Secretion of ExoU has been associated with more severe infections in both humans and animal models. Here we describe the 1.92 Å X-ray structure of the ExoU–SpcU complex, a full-length type III effector in complex with its full-length cognate chaperone. Our crystallographic data allow a better understanding of the mechanism by which ExoU kills host cells and provides a foundation for future studies aimed at designing inhibitors of this potent toxin.
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Protein export according to schedule: architecture, assembly, and regulation of type III secretion systems from plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2012; 76:262-310. [PMID: 22688814 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.05017-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Flagellar and translocation-associated type III secretion (T3S) systems are present in most gram-negative plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria and are often essential for bacterial motility or pathogenicity. The architectures of the complex membrane-spanning secretion apparatuses of both systems are similar, but they are associated with different extracellular appendages, including the flagellar hook and filament or the needle/pilus structures of translocation-associated T3S systems. The needle/pilus is connected to a bacterial translocon that is inserted into the host plasma membrane and mediates the transkingdom transport of bacterial effector proteins into eukaryotic cells. During the last 3 to 5 years, significant progress has been made in the characterization of membrane-associated core components and extracellular structures of T3S systems. Furthermore, transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulators that control T3S gene expression and substrate specificity have been described. Given the architecture of the T3S system, it is assumed that extracellular components of the secretion apparatus are secreted prior to effector proteins, suggesting that there is a hierarchy in T3S. The aim of this review is to summarize our current knowledge of T3S system components and associated control proteins from both plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria.
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Expanded roles for multicargo and class 1B effector chaperones in type III secretion. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:3767-73. [PMID: 22636784 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00406-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacterial type III secretion systems (T3SS) are complex protein assemblies that mediate the secretion of protein substrates outside the cell. Type III secretion chaperones (T3SC) are always found associated with T3SS, and they serve in multiple roles to ensure that protein substrates are efficiently targeted for secretion. Bacterial pathogens with T3SS express T3SC proteins that bind effectors, a process important for effector protein delivery into eukaryotic cells during infection. In this minireview, we focus on multicargo and class 1B T3SC that associate with effectors within significant pathogens of animals and plants. As a primary role, multicargo and class 1B T3SC form homodimers and specifically bind different effectors within the cytoplasm, maintaining the effectors in a secretion-competent state. This role makes T3SC initial and central contributors to effector-mediated pathogenesis. Recent findings have greatly expanded our understanding of cellular events linked to multicargo T3SC function. New binding interactions with T3SS components have been reported in different systems, thereby implicating multicargo T3SC in critical roles beyond effector binding. Three notable interactions with the YscN, YscV, and YscQ family members are well represented in the literature. Similar T3SC interactions are reported in the putative related flagellar T3SS, suggesting that secretion mechanisms may be more similar than previously thought. The evidence implicates multicargo and class 1B T3SC in effector binding and stabilization, in addition to T3SS recruitment and docking events.
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Schechter LM, Valenta JC, Schneider DJ, Collmer A, Sakk E. Functional and computational analysis of amino acid patterns predictive of type III secretion system substrates in Pseudomonas syringae. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36038. [PMID: 22558318 PMCID: PMC3338616 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Bacterial type III secretion systems (T3SSs) deliver proteins called effectors into eukaryotic cells. Although N-terminal amino acid sequences are required for translocation, the mechanism of substrate recognition by the T3SS is unknown. Almost all actively deployed T3SS substrates in the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pathovar tomato strain DC3000 possess characteristic patterns, including (i) greater than 10% serine within the first 50 amino acids, (ii) an aliphatic residue or proline at position 3 or 4, and (iii) a lack of acidic amino acids within the first 12 residues. Here, the functional significance of the P. syringae T3SS substrate compositional patterns was tested. A mutant AvrPto effector protein lacking all three patterns was secreted into culture and translocated into plant cells, suggesting that the compositional characteristics are not absolutely required for T3SS targeting and that other recognition mechanisms exist. To further analyze the unique properties of T3SS targeting signals, we developed a computational algorithm called TEREE (Type III Effector Relative Entropy Evaluation) that distinguishes DC3000 T3SS substrates from other proteins with a high sensitivity and specificity. Although TEREE did not efficiently identify T3SS substrates in Salmonella enterica, it was effective in another P. syringae strain and Ralstonia solanacearum. Thus, the TEREE algorithm may be a useful tool for identifying new effector genes in plant pathogens. The nature of T3SS targeting signals was additionally investigated by analyzing the N-terminus of FtsX, a putative membrane protein that was classified as a T3SS substrate by TEREE. Although the first 50 amino acids of FtsX were unable to target a reporter protein to the T3SS, an AvrPto protein substituted with the first 12 amino acids of FtsX was translocated into plant cells. These results show that the T3SS targeting signals are highly mutable and that secretion may be directed by multiple features of substrates.
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- Lisa M Schechter
- Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Kaiser P, Diard M, Stecher B, Hardt WD. The streptomycin mouse model for Salmonella diarrhea: functional analysis of the microbiota, the pathogen's virulence factors, and the host's mucosal immune response. Immunol Rev 2012; 245:56-83. [PMID: 22168414 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2011.01070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The mammalian intestine is colonized by a dense microbial community, the microbiota. Homeostatic and symbiotic interactions facilitate the peaceful co-existence between the microbiota and the host, and inhibit colonization by most incoming pathogens ('colonization resistance'). However, if pathogenic intruders overcome colonization resistance, a fierce, innate inflammatory defense can be mounted within hours, the adaptive arm of the immune system is initiated, and the pathogen is fought back. The molecular nature of the homeostatic interactions, the pathogen's ability to overcome colonization resistance, and the triggering of native and adaptive mucosal immune responses are still poorly understood. To study these mechanisms, the streptomycin mouse model for Salmonella diarrhea is of great value. Here, we review how S. Typhimurium triggers mucosal immune responses by active (virulence factor elicited) and passive (MyD88-dependent) mechanisms and introduce the S. Typhimurium mutants available for focusing on either response. Interestingly, mucosal defense turns out to be a double-edged sword, limiting pathogen burdens in the gut tissue but enhancing pathogen growth in the gut lumen. This model allows not only studying the molecular pathogenesis of Salmonella diarrhea but also is ideally suited for analyzing innate defenses, microbe handling by mucosal phagocytes, adaptive secretory immunoglobulin A responses, probing microbiota function, and homeostatic microbiota-host interactions. Finally, we discuss the general need for defined assay conditions when using animal models for enteric infections and the central importance of littermate controls.
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- Patrick Kaiser
- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Gendrin C, Contreras-Martel C, Bouillot S, Elsen S, Lemaire D, Skoufias DA, Huber P, Attree I, Dessen A. Structural basis of cytotoxicity mediated by the type III secretion toxin ExoU from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS Pathog 2012; 8:e1002637. [PMID: 22496657 PMCID: PMC3320612 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a complex macromolecular machinery employed by a number of Gram-negative pathogens to inject effectors directly into the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. ExoU from the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most aggressive toxins injected by a T3SS, leading to rapid cell necrosis. Here we report the crystal structure of ExoU in complex with its chaperone, SpcU. ExoU folds into membrane-binding, bridging, and phospholipase domains. SpcU maintains the N-terminus of ExoU in an unfolded state, required for secretion. The phospholipase domain carries an embedded catalytic site whose position within ExoU does not permit direct interaction with the bilayer, which suggests that ExoU must undergo a conformational rearrangement in order to access lipids within the target membrane. The bridging domain connects catalytic domain and membrane-binding domains, the latter of which displays specificity to PI(4,5)P2. Both transfection experiments and infection of eukaryotic cells with ExoU-secreting bacteria show that ExoU ubiquitination results in its co-localization with endosomal markers. This could reflect an attempt of the infected cell to target ExoU for degradation in order to protect itself from its aggressive cytotoxic action. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial infections and is a particular threat for cystic fibrosis and immunodepressed patients. One of the most aggressive toxins in its arsenal is ExoU, injected directly into target cells by a needle-like complex located on the surface of the bacterium, the type III secretion system. P. aeruginosa strains that express ExoU cause rapid cell death as a consequence of the membrane-destruction (phospholipase) potential of the toxin. In this work, we report the three-dimensional structure of ExoU in complex with a partner molecule, SpcU. ExoU contains three distinct regions, and the fold suggests how ExoU binds to the membrane or other molecules within the target cell and becomes activated. In addition, we also show that once it is translocated into the cell, ExoU co-localizes with intracellular organelles of the endosomal pathway, potentially in an attempt of the target cell to destroy the toxin. This work provides new insight into the cellular destruction mechanism of this aggressive toxin and could be a basis for the development of new inhibitors of P. aeruginosa pathogenesis.
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- Claire Gendrin
- Bacterial Pathogenesis Group, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France
- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
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- Bacterial Pathogenesis Group, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France
- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
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- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Bacterial Pathogenesis and Cellular Responses, iRTSV, Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France
- INSERM UMR-S 1036, Biology of Cancer and Infection, Grenoble, France
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- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Bacterial Pathogenesis and Cellular Responses, iRTSV, Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France
- INSERM UMR-S 1036, Biology of Cancer and Infection, Grenoble, France
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- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Laboratoire des Interactions Protéine Métal, IBEB, Université Aix-Marseille II, Saint Paul Lez Durance, France
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- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Viral Infection and Cancer Group, IBS, Grenoble, France
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- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Bacterial Pathogenesis and Cellular Responses, iRTSV, Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France
- INSERM UMR-S 1036, Biology of Cancer and Infection, Grenoble, France
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- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Bacterial Pathogenesis and Cellular Responses, iRTSV, Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France
- INSERM UMR-S 1036, Biology of Cancer and Infection, Grenoble, France
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- Bacterial Pathogenesis Group, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France
- Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble and Cadarache, France
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Much is known about the molecular effectors of pathogenicity of gram-negative enteric pathogens, among which Shigella can be considered a model. This is due to its capacity to recapitulate the multiple steps required for a pathogenic microbe to survive close to its mucosal target, colonize and then invade its epithelial surface, cause its inflammatory destruction and simultaneously regulate the extent of the elicited innate response to likely survive the encounter and achieve successful subsequent transmission. These various steps of the infectious process represent an array of successive environmental conditions to which the bacteria need to successfully adapt. These conditions represent the selective pressure that triggered the "arms race" in which Shigella acquired the genetic and molecular effectors of its pathogenic armory, including the regulatory hierarchies that regulate the expression and function of these effectors. They also represent cues through which Shigella achieves the temporo-spatial expression and regulation of its virulence effectors. The role of such environmental cues has recently become obvious in the case of the major virulence effector of Shigella, the type three secretion system (T3SS) and its dedicated secreted virulence effectors. It needs to be better defined for other major virulence components such as the LPS and peptidoglycan which are used as examples here, in addition to the T3SS as models of regulation as it relates to the assembly and functional regulation of complex macromolecular systems of the bacterial surface. This review also stresses the need to better define what the true and relevant environmental conditions can be at the various steps of the progression of infection. The "identity" of the pathogen differs depending whether it is cultivated under in vitro or in vivo conditions. Moreover, this "identity" may quickly change during its progression into the infected tissue. Novel concepts and relevant tools are needed to address this challenge in microbial pathogenesis.
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- Benoit Marteyn
- Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire; Institut Pasteur; Paris, France,Unité INSERM 786; Institut Pasteur; Paris, France
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- Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire; Institut Pasteur; Paris, France,Unité INSERM 786; Institut Pasteur; Paris, France
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- Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire; Institut Pasteur; Paris, France,Unité INSERM 786; Institut Pasteur; Paris, France,Chaire de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses; Collège de France; Paris, France,Correspondence to: Philippe Sansonetti,
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A new means to identify type 3 secreted effectors: functionally interchangeable class IB chaperones recognize a conserved sequence. mBio 2012; 3:mBio.00243-11. [PMID: 22334517 PMCID: PMC3280449 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00243-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Many Gram-negative bacteria utilize specialized secretion systems to inject proteins (effectors) directly into host cells. Little is known regarding how bacteria ensure that only small subsets of the thousands of proteins they encode are recognized as substrates of the secretion systems, limiting their identification through bioinformatic analyses. Many of these proteins require chaperones to direct their secretion. Here, using the newly described protein interaction platform assay, we demonstrate that type 3 secretion system class IB chaperones from one bacterium directly bind their own effectors as well as those from other species. In addition, we observe that expression of class IB homologs from seven species, including pathogens and endosymbionts, mediate the translocation of effectors from Shigella directly into host cells, demonstrating that class IB chaperones are often functionally interchangeable. Notably, class IB chaperones bind numerous effectors. However, as previously proposed, they are not promiscuous; rather they recognize a defined sequence that we designate the conserved chaperone-binding domain (CCBD) sequence [(LMIF)(1)XXX(IV)(5)XX(IV)(8)X(N)(10)]. This sequence is the first defined amino acid sequence to be identified for any interspecies bacterial secretion system, i.e., a system that delivers proteins directly into eukaryotic cells. This sequence provides a new means to identify substrates of type III secretion systems. Indeed, using a pattern search algorithm for the CCBD sequence, we have identified the first two probable effectors from an endosymbiont, Sodalis glossinidius. IMPORTANCE Many Gram-negative pathogens utilize type 3 secretion systems to deliver tens of effectors into host cells. In order to understand the diverse ways that these organisms cause disease, it is necessary to identify their effectors, many of which require chaperones to be secreted. Here we establish that class IB chaperones are not promiscuous, as previously proposed, but rather recognize a conserved effector sequence. We demonstrate that pattern search algorithms based on this defined sequence can be used to identify previously unknown effectors. Furthermore, we observe that class IB chaperones from at least seven bacterial species are functionally interchangeable. Not only do they bind and mediate the delivery of their own set of effectors into host cells but they also bind to type 3 substrates from other bacteria, suggesting that inhibitors that block chaperone-effector interactions could provide a novel means to effectively treat infections due to Gram-negative pathogens, including organisms resistant to currently available antibiotics.
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Gaussia princeps luciferase as a reporter for transcriptional activity, protein secretion, and protein-protein interactions in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 78:250-7. [PMID: 22020521 DOI: 10.1128/aem.06670-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gaussia princeps luciferase (Gluc) is widely used as a reporter in eukaryotes, but data about its applicability in bacteria are very limited. Here we show that a codon-optimized Gluc gene can be efficiently expressed in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. To test different Gluc variants as transcriptional reporters, we used the siiA promoter of Salmonella pathogenicity island 4 (SPI-4) driving expression of either an episomal or a chromosomally integrated Gluc gene. Most reliable results were obtained from lysates of single-copy Gluc reporter strains. Given the small size, high activity, and cofactor independence of Gluc, it might be especially suited to monitor secretion of bacterial proteins. We demonstrate its usefulness by luminescence detection of fusion proteins of Gluc and C-terminal portions of the SPI-4-encoded, type I-secreted adhesin SiiE in supernatants. The SiiE C-terminal moiety including immunoglobulin (Ig) domain 53 is essential and sufficient for mediating type I-dependent secretion of Gluc. In eukaryotes, protein-protein interaction studies based on split-Gluc protein complementation assays (PCA) could be established. We adapted these methods for use in Salmonella, demonstrating the interaction between the SPI-1-encoded effector SipA and its cognate secretion chaperone InvB. In conclusion, the versatile Gluc can be used to address a variety of biological questions, thus representing a valuable addition to the toolbox of modern molecular biology and microbiology.
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Knodler LA, Ibarra JA, Pérez-Rueda E, Yip CK, Steele-Mortimer O. Coiled-coil domains enhance the membrane association of Salmonella type III effectors. Cell Microbiol 2011; 13:1497-517. [PMID: 21679290 PMCID: PMC3418822 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01635.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Coiled-coil domains in eukaryotic and prokaryotic proteins contribute to diverse structural and regulatory functions. Here we have used in silico analysis to predict which proteins in the proteome of the enteric pathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, harbour coiled-coil domains. We found that coiled-coil domains are especially prevalent in virulence-associated proteins, including type III effectors. Using SopB as a model coiled-coil domain type III effector, we have investigated the role of this motif in various aspects of effector function including chaperone binding, secretion and translocation, protein stability, localization and biological activity. Compared with wild-type SopB, SopB coiled-coil mutants were unstable, both inside bacteria and after translocation into host cells. In addition, the putative coiled-coil domain was required for the efficient membrane association of SopB in host cells. Since many other Salmonella effectors were predicted to contain coiled-coil domains, we also investigated the role of this motif in their intracellular targeting in mammalian cells. Mutation of the predicted coiled-coil domains in PipB2, SseJ and SopD2 also eliminated their membrane localization in mammalian cells. These findings suggest that coiled-coil domains represent a common membrane-targeting determinant for Salmonella type III effectors.
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- Leigh A Knodler
- Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, Montana, USA.
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Nanni L, Lumini A, Gupta D, Garg A. Identifying bacterial virulent proteins by fusing a set of classifiers based on variants of Chou's pseudo amino acid composition and on evolutionary information. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2011; 9:467-475. [PMID: 21860064 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2011.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The availability of a reliable prediction method for prediction of bacterial virulent proteins has several important applications in research efforts targeted aimed at finding novel drug targets, vaccine candidates, and understanding virulence mechanisms in pathogens. In this work, we have studied several feature extraction approaches for representing proteins and propose a novel bacterial virulent protein prediction method, based on an ensemble of classifiers where the features are extracted directly from the amino acid sequence and from the evolutionary information of a given protein. We have evaluated and compared several ensembles obtained by combining six feature extraction methods and several classification approaches based on two general purpose classifiers (i.e., Support Vector Machine and a variant of input decimated ensemble) and their random subspace version. An extensive evaluation was performed according to a blind testing protocol, where the parameters of the system are optimized using the training set and the system is validated in three different independent data sets, allowing selection of the most performing system and demonstrating the validity of the proposed method. Based on the results obtained using the blind test protocol, it is interesting to note that even if in each independent data set the most performing stand-alone method is not always the same, the fusion of different methods enhances prediction efficiency in all the tested independent data sets.
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Archuleta TL, Du Y, English CA, Lory S, Lesser C, Ohi MD, Ohi R, Spiller BW. The Chlamydia effector chlamydial outer protein N (CopN) sequesters tubulin and prevents microtubule assembly. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:33992-8. [PMID: 21841198 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.258426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Chlamydia species are obligate intracellular pathogens that utilize a type three secretion system to manipulate host cell processes. Genetic manipulations are currently not possible in Chlamydia, necessitating study of effector proteins in heterologous expression systems and severely complicating efforts to relate molecular strategies used by Chlamydia to the biochemical activities of effector proteins. CopN is a chlamydial type three secretion effector that is essential for virulence. Heterologous expression of CopN in cells results in loss of microtubule spindles and metaphase plate formation and causes mitotic arrest. CopN is a multidomain protein with similarity to type three secretion system "plug" proteins from other organisms but has functionally diverged such that it also functions as an effector protein. We show that CopN binds directly to αβ-tubulin but not to microtubules (MTs). Furthermore, CopN inhibits tubulin polymerization by sequestering free αβ-tubulin, similar to one of the mechanisms utilized by stathmin. Although CopN and stathmin share no detectable sequence identity, both influence MT formation by sequestration of αβ-tubulin. CopN displaces stathmin from preformed stathmin-tubulin complexes, indicating that the proteins bind overlapping sites on tubulin. CopN is the first bacterial effector shown to disrupt MT formation directly. This recognition affords a mechanistic understanding of a strategy Chlamydia species use to manipulate the host cell cycle.
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- Tara L Archuleta
- Division of Chemical and Physical Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Button JE, Galán JE. Regulation of chaperone/effector complex synthesis in a bacterial type III secretion system. Mol Microbiol 2011; 81:1474-83. [PMID: 21801239 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07784.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Type III protein secretion systems (T3SSs), which have evolved to deliver bacterial proteins into nucleated cells, are found in many species of Gram-negative bacteria that live in close association with eukaryotic hosts. Proteins destined to travel this secretion pathway are targeted to the secretion machine by customized chaperones, with which they form highly structured complexes. Here, we have identified a mechanism that co-ordinates the expression of the Salmonella Typhimurium T3SS chaperone SicP and its cognate effector SptP. Translation of the effector is coupled to that of its chaperone, and in the absence of translational coupling, an inhibitory RNA structure prevents translation of sptP. The data presented here show how the genomic organization of functionally related proteins can have a significant impact on the co-ordination of their expression.
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- Julie E Button
- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA
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Computational prediction of type III and IV secreted effectors in gram-negative bacteria. Infect Immun 2011; 79:23-32. [PMID: 20974833 PMCID: PMC3019878 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00537-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In this review, we provide an overview of the methods employed in four recent studies that described novel methods for computational prediction of secreted effectors from type III and IV secretion systems in Gram-negative bacteria. We present the results of these studies in terms of performance at accurately predicting secreted effectors and similarities found between secretion signals that may reflect biologically relevant features for recognition. We discuss the Web-based tools for secreted effector prediction described in these studies and announce the availability of our tool, the SIEVE server (http://www.sysbep.org/sieve). Finally, we assess the accuracies of the three type III effector prediction methods on a small set of proteins not known prior to the development of these tools that we recently discovered and validated using both experimental and computational approaches. Our comparison shows that all methods use similar approaches and, in general, arrive at similar conclusions. We discuss the possibility of an order-dependent motif in the secretion signal, which was a point of disagreement in the studies. Our results show that there may be classes of effectors in which the signal has a loosely defined motif and others in which secretion is dependent only on compositional biases. Computational prediction of secreted effectors from protein sequences represents an important step toward better understanding the interaction between pathogens and hosts.
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Buchko GW, Niemann G, Baker ES, Belov ME, Smith RD, Heffron F, Adkins JN, McDermott JE. A multi-pronged search for a common structural motif in the secretion signal of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium type III effector proteins. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2010; 6:2448-58. [PMID: 20877914 PMCID: PMC3282560 DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00097c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Many pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria use a type III secretion system (T3SS) to deliver effector proteins into the host cell where they reprogram host defenses and facilitate pathogenesis. The first 20-30 N-terminal residues usually contain the 'secretion signal' that targets effector proteins for translocation, however, a consensus sequence motif has never been discerned. Recent machine-learning approaches, such as support vector machine (SVM)-based Identification and Evaluation of Virulence Effectors (SIEVE), have improved the ability to identify effector proteins from genomics sequence information. While these methods all suggest that the T3SS secretion signal has a characteristic amino acid composition bias, it is still unclear if the amino acid pattern is important and if there are any unifying structural properties that direct recognition. To address these issues a peptide corresponding to the secretion signal for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium effector SseJ was synthesized (residues 1-30, SseJ) along with scrambled peptides of the same amino acid composition that produced high (SseJ-H) and low (SseJ-L) SIEVE scores. The secretion properties of these three peptides were tested using a secretion signal-CyaA fusion assay and their structural properties probed using circular dichroism, nuclear magnetic resonance, and ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry. The secretion predictions from SIEVE matched signal-CyaA fusion experimental results with J774 macrophages suggesting that the SseJ secretion signal has some sequence order dependence. The structural studies showed that the SseJ, SseJ-H, and SseJ-L peptides were intrinsically disordered in aqueous solution with a small predisposition to adopt nascent helical structure only in the presence of structure stabilizing agents such as 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol. Intrinsic disorder may be a universal feature of effector secretion signals as similar conclusions were reached following structural characterization of peptides corresponding to the N-terminal regions of the S. Typhimurium effectors SptP, SopD-2, GtgE, and the Yersinia pestis effector YopH.
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- Garry W. Buchko
- Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P. O. Box 999, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, 97201, USA
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- Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P. O. Box 999, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA
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- Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P. O. Box 999, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA
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- Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P. O. Box 999, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, 97201, USA
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- Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P. O. Box 999, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA
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- Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P. O. Box 999, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA
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Lillington JED, Lovett JE, Johnson S, Roversi P, Timmel CR, Lea SM. Shigella flexneri Spa15 crystal structure verified in solution by double electron electron resonance. J Mol Biol 2010; 405:427-35. [PMID: 21075116 PMCID: PMC3021122 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.10.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2010] [Revised: 10/25/2010] [Accepted: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Shigella flexneri Spa15 is a chaperone of the type 3 secretion system, which binds a number of effectors to ensure their stabilization prior to secretion. One of these effectors is IpgB1, a mimic of the human Ras-like Rho guanosine triphosphatase RhoG. In this study, Spa15 alone and in complex with IpgB1 has been studied by double electron electron resonance, an experiment that gives distance information showing the spacial separation of attached spin labels. This distance is explained by determining the crystal structure of the spin-labeled Spa15 where labels are seen to be buried in hydrophobic pockets. The double electron electron resonance experiment on the Spa15 complex with IpgB1 shows that IpgB1 does not bind Spa15 in the same way as is seen in the homologous Salmonella sp. chaperone:effector complex InvB:SipA.
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Lokareddy RK, Lunelli M, Eilers B, Wolter V, Kolbe M. Combination of two separate binding domains defines stoichiometry between type III secretion system chaperone IpgC and translocator protein IpaB. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:39965-75. [PMID: 20937829 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.135616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Type III secretion systems (TTSSs) utilized by enteropathogenic bacteria require the presence of small, acidic virulence-associated chaperones for effective host cell infection. We adopted a combination of biochemical and cellular techniques to define the chaperone binding domains (CBDs) in the translocators IpaB and IpaC associated with the chaperone IpgC from Shigella flexneri. We identified a novel CBD in IpaB and furthermore precisely mapped the boundaries of the CBDs in both translocator proteins. In IpaC a single binding domain associates with IpgC. In IpaB, we show that the binding of the newly characterized CBD is essential in maintaining the ternary arrangement of chaperone-translocator complex. This hitherto unknown function is reflected in the co-crystal structure as well, with an IpgC dimer bound to an IpaB fragment comprising both CBDs. Moreover, in the absence of this novel CBD the IpaB/IpgC complex aggregates. This dual-recognition of a domain in the protein by the chaperone in facilitating the correct chaperone-substrate organization describes a new function for the TTSS associated chaperone-substrate complexes.
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- Ravi Kumar Lokareddy
- Department of Cellular Microbiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Vogelaar NJ, Jing X, Robinson HH, Schubot FD. Analysis of the crystal structure of the ExsC.ExsE complex reveals distinctive binding interactions of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion chaperone ExsC with ExsE and ExsD. Biochemistry 2010; 49:5870-9. [PMID: 20536183 DOI: 10.1021/bi100432e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, like many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens, requires its type III secretion system (T3SS) to facilitate acute infections. In P. aeruginosa, the expression of all T3SS-related genes is regulated by the transcriptional activator ExsA. A signaling cascade involving ExsA and three additional proteins, ExsC, ExsD, and ExsE, directly ties the upregulation of ExsA-mediated transcription to the activation of the type III secretion apparatus. In order to characterize the events underlying the signaling process, the crystal structure of the T3SS chaperone ExsC in complex with its cognate effector ExsE has been determined. The structure reveals critical contacts that mediate the interactions between these two proteins. Particularly striking is the presence of two Arg-X-Val-X-Arg motifs in ExsE that form identical interactions along opposite sides of an ExsC dimer. The structure also provides insights into the interactions of ExsC with the antiactivator protein ExsD. It was shown that the amino-terminal 46 residues of ExsD are sufficient for ExsC binding. On the basis of these findings, a new model for the ExsC.ExsD complex is proposed to explain its distinctive 2:2 stoichiometry and why ExsC displays a weaker affinity for ExsD than for ExsE.
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- Nancy J Vogelaar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Life Science I, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Washington Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, USA
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Triplett LR, Wedemeyer WJ, Sundin GW. Homology-based modeling of the Erwinia amylovora type III secretion chaperone DspF used to identify amino acids required for virulence and interaction with the effector DspE. Res Microbiol 2010; 161:613-8. [PMID: 20600860 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2010] [Revised: 05/21/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The structure of DspF, a type III secretion system (T3SS) chaperone required for virulence of the fruit tree pathogen Erwinia amylovora, was modeled based on predicted structural homology to characterized T3SS chaperones. This model guided the selection of 11 amino acid residues that were individually mutated to alanine via site-directed mutagenesis. Each mutant was assessed for its effect on virulence complementation, dimerization and interaction with the N-terminal chaperone-binding site of DspE. Four amino acid residues were identified that did not complement the virulence defect of a dspF knockout mutant, and three of these residues were required for interaction with the N-terminus of DspE. This study supports the significance of the predicted beta-sheet helix-binding groove in DspF chaperone function.
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- Lindsay R Triplett
- Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, 103 Center for Integrated Plant Systems, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Job V, Matteï PJ, Lemaire D, Attree I, Dessen A. Structural basis of chaperone recognition of type III secretion system minor translocator proteins. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:23224-32. [PMID: 20385547 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.111278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a complex nanomachine employed by many Gram-negative pathogens, including the nosocomial agent Pseudomonas aeruginosa, to inject toxins directly into the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. A key component of all T3SS is the translocon, a proteinaceous channel that is inserted into the target membrane, which allows passage of toxins into target cells. In most bacterial species, two distinct membrane proteins (the "translocators") are involved in translocon formation, whereas in the bacterial cytoplasm, however, they remain associated to a common chaperone. To date, the strategy employed by a single chaperone to recognize two distinct translocators is unknown. Here, we report the crystal structure of a complex between the Pseudomonas translocator chaperone PcrH and a short region from the minor translocator PopD. PcrH displays a 7-helical tetratricopeptide repeat fold that harbors the PopD peptide within its concave region, originally believed to be involved in recognition of the major translocator, PopB. Point mutations introduced into the PcrH-interacting region of PopD impede translocator-chaperone recognition in vitro and lead to impairment of bacterial cytotoxicity toward macrophages in vivo. These results indicate that T3SS translocator chaperones form binary complexes with their partner molecules, and the stability of their interaction regions must be strictly maintained to guarantee bacterial infectivity. The PcrH-PopD complex displays homologs among a number of pathogenic strains and could represent a novel, potential target for antibiotic development.
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- Viviana Job
- Bacterial Pathogenesis Group, Institut de Biologie Structurale, UMR 5075, CNRS/Commissariat à l'Enérgie Atomique/Université Joseph Fourier, 41 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble, France
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A solvent-exposed patch in chaperone-bound YopE is required for translocation by the type III secretion system. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:3114-22. [PMID: 20382763 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00113-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Most effector proteins of bacterial type III secretion (T3S) systems require chaperone proteins for translocation into host cells. Such effectors are bound by chaperones in a conserved and characteristic manner, with the chaperone-binding (Cb) region of the effector wound around the chaperone in a highly extended conformation. This conformation has been suggested to serve as a translocation signal in promoting the association between the chaperone-effector complex and a bacterial component required for translocation. We sought to test a prediction of this model by identifying a potential association site for the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis chaperone-effector pair SycE-YopE. We identified a set of residues in the YopE Cb region that are required for translocation but are dispensable for expression, SycE binding, secretion into the extrabacterial milieu, and stability in mammalian cells. These residues form a solvent-exposed patch on the surface of the chaperone-bound Cb region, and thus their effect on translocation is consistent with the structure of the chaperone-bound Cb region serving as a signal for translocation.
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Oh CS, Carpenter SCD, Hayes ML, Beer SV. Secretion and translocation signals and DspB/F-binding domains in the type III effector DspA/E of Erwinia amylovora. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2010; 156:1211-1220. [PMID: 20110301 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.027144-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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DspA/E is a type III effector of Erwinia amylovora, the bacterial pathogen that causes fire blight disease in roseaceous plants. This effector is indispensable for disease development, and it is translocated into plant cells. A DspA/E-specific chaperone, DspB/F, is necessary for DspA/E secretion and possibly for its translocation. In this work, DspB/F-binding sites and secretion and translocation signals in the DspA/E protein were determined. Based on yeast two-hybrid assays, DspB/F was found to bind DspA/E within the first 210 amino acids of the protein. Surprisingly, both DspB/F and OrfA, the putative chaperone of Eop1, also interacted with the C-terminal 1059 amino acids of DspA/E; this suggests another chaperone-binding site. Secretion and translocation assays using serial N-terminal lengths of DspA/E fused with the active form of AvrRpt2 revealed that at least the first 109 amino acids, including the first N-terminal chaperone-binding motif and DspB/F, were required for efficient translocation of DspA/E, although the first 35 amino acids were sufficient for its secretion and the presence of DspB/F was not required. These results indicate that secretion and translocation signals are present in the N terminus of DspA/E, and that at least one DspB/F-binding motif is required for efficient translocation into plant cells.
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- Chang-Sik Oh
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe-Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe-Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe-Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe-Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Cooper CA, Zhang K, Andres SN, Fang Y, Kaniuk NA, Hannemann M, Brumell JH, Foster LJ, Junop MS, Coombes BK. Structural and biochemical characterization of SrcA, a multi-cargo type III secretion chaperone in Salmonella required for pathogenic association with a host. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1000751. [PMID: 20140193 PMCID: PMC2816692 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 01/06/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Many Gram-negative bacteria colonize and exploit host niches using a protein apparatus called a type III secretion system (T3SS) that translocates bacterial effector proteins into host cells where their functions are essential for pathogenesis. A suite of T3SS-associated chaperone proteins bind cargo in the bacterial cytosol, establishing protein interaction networks needed for effector translocation into host cells. In Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, a T3SS encoded in a large genomic island (SPI-2) is required for intracellular infection, but the chaperone complement required for effector translocation by this system is not known. Using a reverse genetics approach, we identified a multi-cargo secretion chaperone that is functionally integrated with the SPI-2-encoded T3SS and required for systemic infection in mice. Crystallographic analysis of SrcA at a resolution of 2.5 Å revealed a dimer similar to the CesT chaperone from enteropathogenic E. coli but lacking a 17-amino acid extension at the carboxyl terminus. Further biochemical and quantitative proteomics data revealed three protein interactions with SrcA, including two effector cargos (SseL and PipB2) and the type III-associated ATPase, SsaN, that increases the efficiency of effector translocation. Using competitive infections in mice we show that SrcA increases bacterial fitness during host infection, highlighting the in vivo importance of effector chaperones for the SPI-2 T3SS. Systemic typhoid fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi leads to high mortality in the developing world and can be linked with chronic, persistent infections in survivors. To cause disease, Salmonella uses a specialized secretion device called a type III secretion system to disarm cells of the immune system and replicate within them. The assembly and function of this secretion system requires a set of chaperone proteins to direct the process, but the chaperone proteins themselves have remained elusive. Here, we found a new chaperone protein, called SrcA, which is required for proper function of the type III secretion system. Using a bacterial mutant lacking the srcA gene, we found that this chaperone was needed for Salmonella to compete against wild type cells during systemic disease because it controls secretion of at least 2 key proteins involved in immune escape and cell-to-cell transmission. This chaperone is present in all types of virulent Salmonella, but not in Salmonella that don't cause human infections, providing new insights into the pathogenic nature of this organism.
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- Colin A. Cooper
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Hu X, Lee MS, Wallqvist A. Interaction of the Disordered Yersinia Effector Protein YopE with Its Cognate Chaperone SycE. Biochemistry 2009; 48:11158-60. [DOI: 10.1021/bi9017347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Xin Hu
- Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702
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- Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702
- Computational Sciences and Engineering Branch, US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005
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- Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702
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Spa15 of Shigella flexneri is secreted through the type III secretion system and prevents staurosporine-induced apoptosis. Infect Immun 2009; 77:5281-90. [PMID: 19805534 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00800-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Shigella flexneri is a gram-negative, facultative intracellular pathogen that invades the colonic epithelium and causes bacillary dysentery. We previously demonstrated that S. flexneri inhibits staurosporine-induced apoptosis in infected epithelial cells and that a DeltamxiE mutant is unable to inhibit apoptosis. Therefore, we hypothesized that an MxiE-regulated gene was responsible for protection of epithelial cells from apoptosis. Analysis of all MxiE-regulated genes yielded no mutants that lacked the ability to prevent apoptosis. Spa15, which is defined as a type III secretion system chaperone, was analyzed since it associates with MxiE. A Deltaspa15 mutant was unable to prevent staurosporine-induced apoptosis. C-terminal hemagglutinin-tagged spa15 was secreted by S. flexneri within 2 h in the Congo red secretion assay, and secretion was dependent on the type III secretion system. Spa15 was also secreted by Shigella in infected epithelial cells, as verified by immunofluorescence analysis. Spa15 secretion was decreased in the DeltamxiE mutant, which demonstrates why this mutant is unable to prevent staurosporine-induced apoptosis. Our data are the first to show that Spa15 is secreted in a type III secretion system-dependent fashion, and the absence of Spa15 in the Deltaspa15 mutant results in the loss of protection from staurosporine-induced apoptosis in epithelial cells. Thus, Spa15 contributes to the intracellular survival of Shigella by blocking apoptosis in the infected host cell.
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Triplett LR, Melotto M, Sundin GW. Functional analysis of the N terminus of the Erwinia amylovora secreted effector DspA/E reveals features required for secretion, translocation, and binding to the chaperone DspB/F. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2009; 22:1282-92. [PMID: 19737101 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-22-10-1282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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DspA/E is a type III secreted effector protein required for pathogenicity in the apple and pear pathogen Erwinia amylovora, and DspB/F is a small chaperone protein involved in DspA/E secretion. While the secretion and translocation signals of many type III secretion effector proteins in human enteric pathogens have been characterized extensively, relatively little is known about the translocation requirements of many effectors in plant pathogens, including large DspE-like proteins. In this study, we report a functional analysis of the N terminus of DspE. The minimal requirements for secretion, translocation, and chaperone binding were characterized. Translocation assays using an adenylate cyclase (CyaA) reporter indicated that the first 51 amino acids of DspE were sufficient for translocation and that 150 amino acids were required for optimal translocation levels. The minimal translocation signal corresponded with the requirements for secretion into culture media. Mutations of conserved regions in amino acids 2 through 10 and 31 through 40 were found to influence translocation levels of an N-terminal DspE-CyaA fusion. Yeast two-hybrid and in-vitro pull-down assays revealed a chaperone-binding site within amino acids 51 through 100 of DspE and binding to DspF in this region was disrupted by specific mutations. However, neither disruption of the chaperone-binding domain nor deletion of the dspF gene had a significant impact on translocation levels of N-terminal DspE-CyaA fusions. Our results indicate that the minimal translocation signal of DspE is not coincident with the signal for DspF binding and that translocation of the N terminus of DspE is not dependent on the N-terminal DspF-binding domain.
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- Lindsay R Triplett
- Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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The Chlamydia type III secretion system C-ring engages a chaperone-effector protein complex. PLoS Pathog 2009; 5:e1000579. [PMID: 19750218 PMCID: PMC2734247 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2009] [Accepted: 08/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In Gram-negative bacterial pathogens, specialized chaperones bind to secreted effector proteins and maintain them in a partially unfolded form competent for translocation by type III secretion systems/injectisomes. How diverse sets of effector-chaperone complexes are recognized by injectisomes is unclear. Here we describe a new mechanism of effector-chaperone recognition by the Chlamydia injectisome, a unique and ancestral line of these evolutionarily conserved secretion systems. By yeast two-hybrid analysis we identified networks of Chlamydia-specific proteins that interacted with the basal structure of the injectisome, including two hubs of protein-protein interactions that linked known secreted effector proteins to CdsQ, the putative cytoplasmic C-ring component of the secretion apparatus. One of these protein-interaction hubs is defined by Ct260/Mcsc (Multiple cargo secretion chaperone). Mcsc binds to and stabilizes at least two secreted hydrophobic proteins, Cap1 and Ct618, that localize to the membrane of the pathogenic vacuole (“inclusion”). The resulting complexes bind to CdsQ, suggesting that in Chlamydia, the C-ring of the injectisome mediates the recognition of a subset of inclusion membrane proteins in complex with their chaperone. The selective recognition of inclusion membrane proteins by chaperones may provide a mechanism to co-ordinate the translocation of subsets of inclusion membrane proteins at different stages in infection. The obligate intracellular bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis is a common sexually transmitted pathogen and the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Chlamydia co-opts host cells by secreting virulence factors directly into target cells through a multi-protein complex termed a type III secretion system or “injectisome”. The lack of a system for molecular genetic manipulation in these pathogens has hindered our understanding of how the Chlamydia injectisome is assembled and how secreted factors are recognized and translocated. In this study, a yeast two-hybrid approach was used to identify networks of Chlamydia proteins that interact with components of the secretion apparatus. CdsQ, a conserved structural component predicted to be at the base of the injectisome, interacted with multiple proteins, including a new chaperone that binds to and stabilizes secretory cargo destined for the membrane of the pathogenic vacuole. These results suggest that the base of the secretion apparatus serves as a docking site for a chaperone and a subset of chaperone-cargo complexes. Because the chlamydial injectisome represents a unique and ancestral lineage of these virulence-associated secretion systems, findings made in Chlamydia should provide unique insights as to how effector proteins are recognized and stabilized, and how a hierarchy of virulence protein secretion may be established by Gram-negative bacterial pathogens.
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IpaB-IpgC interaction defines binding motif for type III secretion translocator. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:9661-6. [PMID: 19478065 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812900106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The delivery of virulence factors into host cells through type III secretion systems is essential for enterobacterial pathogenesis. Molecular chaperones bind specifically to virulence factors in the bacterial cytosol before secretion. Invasion plasmid gene C (IpgC) is a chaperone that binds 2 essential virulence factors of Shigella: invasion plasmid antigens (Ipa) B and C. Here, we report the crystal structure of IpgC alone and in complex with the chaperone binding domain (CBD) of IpaB. The chaperone captures the CBD in an extended conformation that is stabilized by conserved residues lining the cleft. Analysis of the cocrystal structure reveals a sequence motif that is functional in the IpaB translocator class from different bacteria as determined by isothermal titration calorimetry. Our results show how translocators are chaperoned and may allow the design of inhibitors of enterobacterial diseases.
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Samudrala R, Heffron F, McDermott JE. Accurate prediction of secreted substrates and identification of a conserved putative secretion signal for type III secretion systems. PLoS Pathog 2009; 5:e1000375. [PMID: 19390620 PMCID: PMC2668754 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2008] [Accepted: 03/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The type III secretion system is an essential component for virulence in many Gram-negative bacteria. Though components of the secretion system apparatus are conserved, its substrates--effector proteins--are not. We have used a novel computational approach to confidently identify new secreted effectors by integrating protein sequence-based features, including evolutionary measures such as the pattern of homologs in a range of other organisms, G+C content, amino acid composition, and the N-terminal 30 residues of the protein sequence. The method was trained on known effectors from the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae and validated on a set of effectors from the animal pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) after eliminating effectors with detectable sequence similarity. We show that this approach can predict known secreted effectors with high specificity and sensitivity. Furthermore, by considering a large set of effectors from multiple organisms, we computationally identify a common putative secretion signal in the N-terminal 20 residues of secreted effectors. This signal can be used to discriminate 46 out of 68 total known effectors from both organisms, suggesting that it is a real, shared signal applicable to many type III secreted effectors. We use the method to make novel predictions of secreted effectors in S. Typhimurium, some of which have been experimentally validated. We also apply the method to predict secreted effectors in the genetically intractable human pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, identifying the majority of known secreted proteins in addition to providing a number of novel predictions. This approach provides a new way to identify secreted effectors in a broad range of pathogenic bacteria for further experimental characterization and provides insight into the nature of the type III secretion signal.
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- Ram Samudrala
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America
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Gazi AD, Charova SN, Panopoulos NJ, Kokkinidis M. Coiled-coils in type III secretion systems: structural flexibility, disorder and biological implications. Cell Microbiol 2009; 11:719-29. [PMID: 19215225 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recent structural studies and analyses of microbial genomes have consolidated the understanding of the structural and functional versatility of coiled-coil domains in proteins from bacterial type III secretion systems (T3SS). Such domains consist of two or more α-helices forming a bundle structure. The occurrence of coiled-coils in T3SS is considerably higher than the average predicted occurrence in prokaryotic proteomes. T3SS proteins comprising coiled-coil domains are frequently characterized by an increased structural flexibility, which may vary from localized structural disorder to the establishment of molten globule-like state. The propensity for coiled-coil formation and structural disorder are frequently essential requirements for various T3SS functions, including the establishment of protein-protein interaction networks and the polymerization of extracellular components of T3SS appendages. Possible correlations between the frequently observed N-terminal structural disorder of effectors and the T3SS secretion signal are discussed. The results for T3SS are also compared with other Gram-negative secretory systems.
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- Anastasia D Gazi
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology and Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vasilika Vouton, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Essential role of the SycP chaperone in type III secretion of the YspP effector. J Bacteriol 2008; 191:1703-15. [PMID: 19114483 PMCID: PMC2648209 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01021-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Ysa type III secretion (T3S) system enhances gastrointestinal infection by Yersinia enterocolitica bv. 1B. One effector protein targeted into host cells is YspP, a protein tyrosine phosphatase. It was determined in this study that the secretion of YspP requires a chaperone, SycP. Genetic analysis showed that deletion of sycP completely abolished the secretion of YspP without affecting the secretion of other Ysps by the Ysa T3S system. Analysis of the secretion and translocation signals of YspP defined the first 73 amino acids to form the minimal region of YspP necessary to promote secretion and translocation by the Ysa T3S system. Function of the YspP secretion/translocation signals was dependent on SycP. Curiously, when YspP was constitutively expressed in Y. enterocolitica bv. 1B, it was recognized and secreted by the Ysc T3S system and the flagellar T3S system. In these cases, the first 21 amino acids were sufficient to promote secretion, and while SycP did enhance secretion, it was not essential. However, neither the Ysc T3S system nor the flagellar T3S system translocated YspP into mammalian cells. This supports a model where SycP confers secretion/translocation specificities for YspP by the Ysa T3S system. A series of biochemical approaches further established that SycP specifically interacts with YspP and protected YspP degradation in the cell prior to secretion. Collectively, the evidence suggests that YspP secretion by the Ysa T3S system is a posttranslational event.
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Rumpel S, Lakshmi R, Becker S, Zweckstetter M. Assignment-free solution NMR method reveals CesT as an unswapped homodimer. Protein Sci 2008; 17:2015-9. [PMID: 18687869 DOI: 10.1110/ps.036160.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The X-ray structure of the homodimeric chaperone CesT is the only structure among the type three secretion system (TTSS) chaperones that shows a domain swap. This swap has potential importance for the mechanism of effector translocation through a TTSS. Here we present two nuclear magnetic resonance strategies exploiting pre-existing structural models and residual dipolar couplings (RDCs), which reveal the unswapped 35.4-kDa dimer to be present in solution. Particularly efficient is the discrimination of a swapped and unswapped structural state performed simultaneously to automatic backbone assignment using only HN-RDCs and carbonyl backbone chemical shifts. This direct approach may prove to be generally useful to rapidly differentiate two structural models.
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- Sigrun Rumpel
- Department for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Rodgers L, Gamez A, Riek R, Ghosh P. The type III secretion chaperone SycE promotes a localized disorder-to-order transition in the natively unfolded effector YopE. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:20857-63. [PMID: 18502763 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802339200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Many virulence-related, bacterial effector proteins are translocated directly into the cytosol of host cells by the type III secretion (TTS) system. Translocation of most TTS effectors requires binding by specific chaperones in the bacterial cytosol, although how chaperones promote translocation is unclear. To provide insight into the action of such chaperones, we studied the consequences of binding by the Yersinia chaperone SycE to the effector YopE by NMR. These studies examined the intact form of the effector, whereas prior studies have been limited to well ordered fragments. We found that YopE had the characteristics of a natively unfolded protein, with its N-terminal 100 residues, including its chaperone-binding (Cb) region, flexible and disordered in the absence of SycE. SycE binding caused a pronounced disorder-to-order transition in the Cb region of YopE. The effect of SycE was strictly localized to the Cb region, with other portions of YopE being unperturbed. These results provide stringent limits on models of chaperone action and are consistent with the chaperone promoting formation of a three-dimensional targeting signal in the Cb region of the effector. The target of this putative signal is unknown but appears to be a bacterial component other than the TTS ATPase YscN.
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- Loren Rodgers
- Section of Molecular Biology, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Cambronne ED, Roy CR. The Legionella pneumophila IcmSW complex interacts with multiple Dot/Icm effectors to facilitate type IV translocation. PLoS Pathog 2008; 3:e188. [PMID: 18069892 PMCID: PMC2134951 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 10/26/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Many Gram-negative pathogens use a type IV secretion system (T4SS) to deliver effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. The fidelity of protein translocation depends on the efficient recognition of effector proteins by the T4SS. Legionella pneumophila delivers a large number of effector proteins into eukaryotic cells using the Dot/Icm T4SS. How the Dot/Icm system is able to recognize and control the delivery of effectors is poorly understood. Recent studies suggest that the IcmS and IcmW proteins interact to form a stable complex that facilitates translocation of effector proteins by the Dot/Icm system by an unknown mechanism. Here we demonstrate that the IcmSW complex is necessary for the productive translocation of multiple Dot/Icm effector proteins. Effector proteins that were able to bind IcmSW in vitro required icmS and icmW for efficient translocation into eukaryotic cells during L. pneumophila infection. We identified regions in the effector protein SidG involved in icmSW-dependent translocation. Although the full-length SidG protein was translocated by an icmSW-dependent mechanism, deletion of amino terminal regions in the SidG protein resulted in icmSW-independent translocation, indicating that the IcmSW complex is not contributing directly to recognition of effector proteins by the Dot/Icm system. Biochemical and genetic studies showed that the IcmSW complex interacts with a central region of the SidG protein. The IcmSW interaction resulted in a conformational change in the SidG protein as determined by differences in protease sensitivity in vitro. These data suggest that IcmSW binding to effectors could enhance effector protein delivery by mediating a conformational change that facilitates T4SS recognition of a translocation domain located in the carboxyl region of the effector protein. Intracellular pathogens often manipulate the activities of the eukaryotic host cell in which they reside by using a specialized transport apparatus known as a type IV secretion system to deliver proteins that directly manipulate host cell processes. How proteins to be delivered into eukaryotic cells are recognized by a type IV section system is not well understood. For Legionella pneumophila, the bacterium that causes a severe pneumonia known as Legionnaires disease, a type IV system called Dot/Icm is used to deliver an estimated 150 different proteins into host cells during infection. In this study, we demonstrate that a complex consisting of the proteins IcmS and IcmW bind many of the substrate proteins transported into eukaryotic host cells by the Dot/Icm system. Binding of the IcmSW complex to Dot/Icm substrate proteins enhanced the efficiency by which the substrate proteins were transported into cells by a process that involved altering the conformation of the substrate protein. Thus, this work defines a step that is important for the type IV secretion process and provides new molecular details on substrate protein recognition by type IV secretion systems.
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- Eric D Cambronne
- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Brawn LC, Hayward RD, Koronakis V. Salmonella SPI1 effector SipA persists after entry and cooperates with a SPI2 effector to regulate phagosome maturation and intracellular replication. Cell Host Microbe 2008; 1:63-75. [PMID: 18005682 PMCID: PMC1885946 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2007.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2006] [Revised: 01/05/2007] [Accepted: 02/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Salmonellae employ two type III secretion systems (T3SSs), SPI1 and SPI2, to deliver virulence effectors into mammalian cells. SPI1 effectors, including actin-binding SipA, trigger initial bacterial uptake, whereas SPI2 effectors promote subsequent replication within customized Salmonella-containing vacuoles (SCVs). SCVs sequester actin filaments and subvert microtubule-dependent motors to migrate to the perinuclear region. We demonstrate that SipA delivery continues after Salmonella internalization, with dosage being restricted by host-mediated degradation. SipA is exposed on the cytoplasmic face of the SCV, from where it stimulates bacterial replication in both nonphagocytic cells and macrophages. Although SipA is sufficient to target and redistribute late endosomes, during infection it cooperates with the SPI2 effector SifA to modulate SCV morphology and ensure perinuclear positioning. Our findings define an unexpected additional function for SipA postentry and reveal precise intracellular communication between effectors deployed by distinct T3SSs underlying SCV biogenesis.
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- Lyndsey C Brawn
- University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, United Kingdom
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Raab R, Swietnicki W. Yersinia pestis YopD 150–287 fragment is partially unfolded in the native state. Protein Expr Purif 2008; 58:53-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 10/30/2007] [Accepted: 11/03/2007] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Sun P, Tropea JE, Austin BP, Cherry S, Waugh DS. Structural characterization of the Yersinia pestis type III secretion system needle protein YscF in complex with its heterodimeric chaperone YscE/YscG. J Mol Biol 2008; 377:819-30. [PMID: 18281060 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.12.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2007] [Revised: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 12/21/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis utilizes a type III secretion system to deliver effector proteins into mammalian cells where they interfere with signal transduction pathways that mediate phagocytosis and the inflammatory response. Effector proteins are injected through a hollow needle structure composed of the protein YscF. YscG and YscE act as "chaperones" to prevent premature polymerization of YscF in the cytosol of the bacterium prior to assembly of the needle. Here, we report the crystal structure of the YscEFG protein complex at 1.8 A resolution. Overall, the structure is similar to that of the analogous PscEFG complex from the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system, but there are noteworthy differences. The structure confirms that, like PscG, YscG is a member of the tetratricopeptide repeat family of proteins. YscG binds tightly to the C-terminal half of YscF, implying that it is this region of YscF that controls its polymerization into the needle structure. YscE interacts with the N-terminal tetratricopeptide repeat motif of YscG but makes very little direct contact with YscF. Its function may be to stabilize the structure of YscG and/or to participate in recruiting the complex to the secretion apparatus. No electron density could be observed for the 49 N-terminal residues of YscF. This and additional evidence suggest that the N-terminus of YscF is disordered in the complex with YscE and YscG. As expected, conserved residues in the C-terminal half of YscF mediate important intra- and intermolecular interactions in the complex. Moreover, the phenotypes of some previously characterized mutations in the C-terminal half of YscF can be rationalized in terms of the structure of the heterotrimeric YscEFG complex.
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- Ping Sun
- Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD, USA
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Büttner CR, Sorg I, Cornelis GR, Heinz DW, Niemann HH. Structure of the Yersinia enterocolitica Type III Secretion Translocator Chaperone SycD. J Mol Biol 2008; 375:997-1012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Revised: 11/05/2007] [Accepted: 11/06/2007] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Pfeiffer V, Sittka A, Tomer R, Tedin K, Brinkmann V, Vogel J. A small non-coding RNA of the invasion gene island (SPI-1) represses outer membrane protein synthesis from the Salmonella core genome. Mol Microbiol 2007; 66:1174-91. [PMID: 17971080 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The Salmonella pathogenicity island (SPI-1) encodes approximately 35 proteins involved in assembly of a type III secretion system (T3SS) which endows Salmonella with the ability to invade eukaryotic cells. We have discovered a novel SPI-1 gene, invR, which expresses an abundant small non-coding RNA (sRNA). The invR gene, which we identified in a global search for new Salmonella sRNA genes, is activated by the major SPI-1 transcription factor, HilD, under conditions that favour host cell invasion. The RNA chaperone, Hfq, is essential for the in vivo stability of the approximately 80 nt InvR RNA. Hfq binds InvR with high affinity in vitro, and InvR co-immunoprecipitates with FLAG epitope-tagged Hfq in Salmonella extracts. Surprisingly, deletion/overexpression of invR revealed no phenotype in SPI-1 regulation. In contrast, we find that InvR represses the synthesis of the abundant OmpD porin encoded by the Salmonella core genome. As invR is conserved in the early branching Salmonella bongori, we speculate that porin repression by InvR may have aided successful establishment of the SPI-1 T3SS after horizontal acquisition in the Salmonella lineage. This study identifies the first regulatory RNA of an enterobacterial pathogenicity island, and new roles for Hfq and HilD in SPI-1 gene expression.
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- Verena Pfeiffer
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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